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Is cirque a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cirque is a Scrabble US word. The word cirque is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is cirque a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cirque is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Is cirque a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cirque is a Words With Friends word. The word cirque is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

CIRQUE,

5-letter words (3 found)

CURIE,QUIRE,UREIC,

4-letter words (9 found)

CIRE,CRUE,CURE,ECRU,ERIC,ICER,IURE,RICE,URIC,

3-letter words (11 found)

CRU,CUE,CUR,ECU,ICE,IRE,REC,REI,RUC,RUE,URE,

2-letter words (4 found)

ER,QI,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 29 words from cirque according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cirque

cirque

Etymology

Borrowed from French cirque (“circular arena; cirque”), from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring; racecourse, circus”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). Doublet of circus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɜːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /sɝk/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

cirque (plural cirques)

  1. (historical) A Roman circus.
  2. (geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.
    Synonyms: corrie, combe, cwm
  3. (dated or literary) Something in the shape of a circle or ring.
    Synonyms: circle, ring

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Further reading

  • cirque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siʁk/

Noun

cirque m (plural cirques)

  1. circus
  2. (geology) cirque
  3. (historical) a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire
    • 1875 (year of first performance), Chanson du Toréador from Carmen by Bizet
  4. (colloquial) a mess, a disorder

Derived terms

  • circassien

Related terms

  • cercle

Descendants

  • → Arabic: سِيرْك (sīrk)
  • → English: cirque
  • → Turkish: sirk

Further reading

  • “cirque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • crique

Source: wiktionary.org